Mariners fans will fondly remember the final three games of the 2014 season despite the heartbreak that followed. It was the closest any of them had been to seeing postseason baseball played at Safeco Field in over a decade. Just having competitive and meaningful baseball up until the final game of the year was something to be grateful for.
Coming off a brutal road trip to Houston and Toronto that eventually proved too much to overcome, the Mariners headed into a final three-game set at home against Jerry Dipoto’s AL West winning Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim down two games to the Oakland Athletics for the second and final wild card slot.